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  • The walls and ceilings of Clif Mitchell's three- bay garage feature horizontally-laid tongue-in-groove milled cypress that closely resembles the grain pattern of the Bastrop long-leaf pine that was used in his newly restored main house on Judge's Hill west of downtown Austin. The work bench to the right of the TV is a built-in butcher block where Mitchell enjoys tinkering with motorcycle engines.
  • <b>The Pretenders</b><br /> 2005 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee<br /><br />The Pretenders (Chrissie Hynde pictured) were one of the seminal bands of the second British Invasion, rising out of London in 1979 with a forceful, self-titled first album. Their melodic but hard-charging sound suggested a union of punk and New Wave approaches.
  • The walls and ceilings of Clif Mitchell's three- bay garage feature horizontally-laid tongue-in-groove milled cypress that closely resembles the grain pattern of the Bastrop long-leaf pine that was used in his newly restored main house on Judge's Hill west of downtown Austin. The work bench to the right of the TV is a built-in butcher block where Mitchell enjoys tinkering with motorcycle engines.
  • <b>Sex Pistols</b><br /> 2006 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee<br /><br />Rock and roll was never the same after the Sex Pistols (Sid Vicious, left, and Johnny Rotten pictured). They ignited the punk-rock revolution in Britain, and the reverberations carried to all corners of the rock and roll world. Expressing the cynical, restive mood of youthful Britons, the Sex Pistols restored a sense of danger to rock music.
  • Clif Mitchell went all out when he built his garage where a carriage house once stood that stores a Harley that he won on a 50-cent slot machine in Las Vegas. In front is wife Tammy Shaklee's orange Vespa. She's a graduate of Oklahoma State. Behind Mitchell is a collection of his surfboard and wind surfing boards. He still hits the waves frequently in Costa Rica where he owns an insurance company.
  • <b>Patti Smith</b><br /> 2007 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee<br /><br />In 1975, rock and roll caught a glimpse of what lay ahead when Patti Smith - a bohemian New York poet and punk-rock artiste - released her debut album, Horses. Its inspired garage-band amateurism flew in the face of increasingly slick rock production values. Smith's lyrics were street poetry that nodded toward Beat Generation and French symbolist poets.
  • <b>Miles Davis</b><br /> 2006 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee<br /><br />Miles Davis is one of the key figures in the history of jazz, and his place in vanguard of that pantheon is secure. His induction as a performer into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a subtler and less obvious matter. Davis never played rock or rhythm & blues. However, his work intrigued a sizable segment of rock's more ambitious fans in a way that no other serious jazz figure had ever done.
  • Clif Mitchell's three-bay garage next to his home in the historic Judge's Hill neighborhood west of downtown features a 1,000-square foot apartment upstairs that is more like a Five-Star hotel suite. The garage sit where an old carriage house once stood. Mitchell owns a 2008 Porsche Cabriolet and 1950 Ford F1 truck that he's beginning to restore.
  • Clif Mitchell and Tammy Shaklee's his and her Vespas, and Mitchell's Harley that he won on a 50-slot machine in Las Vegas fit nicely in their cypress-lined three-bay garage next to their newly restored 1899 home in the historic Judge's Hill neighborhood west of downtown Austin.
  • <b>U2</b><br /> 2005 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee<br /><br />From the beginning, U2 has been a band on a mission. With each album and concert, the Irish quartet has endeavored to create music of lasting worth and substance. At various points in their career U2 have been not only the most popular band in the world but also arguably the most important. Lead singer Bono is pictured.
  • Clif Mitchell and Tammy Shaklee's his and her Vespas, and Mitchell's Harley that he won on a 50-slot machine in Las Vegas fit nicely in their cypress-lined three-bay garage next to their newly restored 1899 home in the historic Judge's Hill neighborhood west of downtown Austin.
  • <b>Madonna</b><br /> 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee<br /><br />Madonna is one of the most recognizable names in the world. She became the first multimedia pop icon, crossing from dance-oriented pop music into movies, television, videos, fashion and books while achieving a level of celebrity comparable to that of a primary inspiration, Marilyn Monroe.
  • <b>Percy Sledge</b><br /> 2005 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee<br /><br />If Percy Sledge had only recorded
  • <b>Blondie</b><br /> 2006 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee<br /><br />Someone forgot to tell Blondie (Deborah Harry, left, and Chris Stein pictured) that New Wave bands weren't supposed to have hit records. Blondie broke the Top Forty barrier with the No. 1 hit
  • <b>The Dave Clark Five</b><br /> 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee<br /><br />No other band came close to the Dave Clark Five's (Dave Clark, foreground, Dennis Payton, left, and Mike Smith pictured) hitmaking prowess from early 1964 to mid-1966. During that period, the
  • <b>Leonard Cohen</b><br /> 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee<br /><br />Cohen was already an established poet and novelist before he turned his attention to songwriting. His academic training in poetry and literature, and his pursuit of them as livelihood for much of the Fifties and Sixties, gave him an extraordinary advantage over his pop peers when it came to setting language to music. Along with other folk-steeped musical literati, Cohen raised the songwriting bar.
  • <b>Buddy Guy</b><br /> 2005 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee<br /><br />The genre's most electrifying guitarist, Guy has remained a vital and current musician, moving blues forward without losing sight of its roots. He's renowned for his raw, blistering vocals and high-voltage guitar playing. His plays a Fender Stratocaster, employing feedback, distortion and extreme string-bending.
  • <b>John Mellencamp</b><br /> 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee<br /><br />John Mellencamp is a pure product of middle America. Through a combination of talent, vision and stubborn determination he became an authoritative rocker and adroit storyteller. His best songs - including
  • <b>The Ronettes</b><br /> 2007 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee<br /><br />Pair one of rock's greatest voices (Ronnie Spector) with one of its greatest producers (Phil Spector), and memorable music was bound to result. That is exactly what happened when Veronica Bennett, along with her sister Estelle and cousin Nedra Talley, signed to Spector's Philles label. From that point, the Ronettes quickly became the premier act of the girl-group era.
  • <b>Van Halen</b><br /> 2007 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee<br /><br />Van Halen's (David Lee Roth, left, Eddie Van Halen pictured) self-titled debut album established them as the hottest American hard-rock band since Aerosmith. Van Halen reinvigorated hard rock during a period of doldrums by bringing youthful, West Coast bravado and blistering virtuosity to the genre.
  • <b>Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five</b><br /> 2007 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee<br /><br />Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five fomented the musical revolution known as hip-hop. Theirs was a pioneering union between one DJ and five rapping MCs. Grandmaster Flash (pictured) not only devised various techniques but also designed turntable and mixing equipment.
  • <b>Black Sabbath</b><br /> 2006 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee<br /><br />Black Sabbath is credited with creating heavy metal. The success of their first two albums - Black Sabbath and Paranoid - marked a paradigm shift in the world of rock. Not until Black Sabbath upended the music scene did the term
  • <b>The Ventures</b><br /> 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee<br /><br />The Ventures are the most successful instrumental combo in rock and roll history. They also rank among its most prolific bands, too. They're best remembered for a pair of Sixties smashes,
  • <b>The O'Jays</b><br /> 2005 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee<br /><br />The O'Jays were at the forefront of Seventies soul music. Racking up a lengthy string of modern R&B classics. They helped put the
  • <b>R.E.M.</b><br /> 2007 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee<br /><br />The rise of R.E.M. (Michael Stipe pictured) from cult heroes to superstars during the New Wave era proved that deserving, non-gimmicky American rock bands could still make it on their own terms. R.E.M.'s example of inspiration, hard work and self-belief served as a beacon for many musicians in the 80s and 90s.
  • <b>Lynyrd Skynyrd</b><br /> 2006 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee<br /><br />Mention the term
 

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